Bottle-carrying means



NOV 20, 195i E. L. BLOOMQUIST 2,575,612'

BOTTLE CARRYING MEANS Filed March 1o, 1947 2 SHEETS- SHEET 1 /lOoL Nov. 20, 1951 E. L.. BLooMQUlsT 2,575,612

BOTTLE CARRYING MEANS Filed' March 1o, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Inventor- EGNER LBLOOMQUIST Patented Nov. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE This invention relates te a ynur mais con- -tainer and carrier.

. Itis now the .common @custom tto deli-rer mill:`

`to residences in vehicles, `in ch-arge of :an op-v erator. The .milk `loot-ties .are disposed. ree- .tangula-r cases or boxes openat their-.upper ends vand Vprovided with partitions separating the bot- .tles When. the operator wishes to deliver one -or more bottles, he Dicks :the bottle or v:bottles out of the box and if .there are several bottles, he usually places A them a wire basketV which he has and carries -themin the basket to the ldoor -of the `residence.

It is an object of .this invention to provide` a simple and emcient bottlefcarrier so constructed and arranged that it -Willgt and mest iin a box .in which the bottles are carried :so that :itncan lbe quickly lifted with the bottles, the carrier forming partitions :for A:the box and ,eliminating n the vnecessity .of picking vthe ibottles' out of 'a box and placing .them in la -senarateearrieit- It is a further object of the mvention to Jpro.- vide a .milk container compnisinga `box -or case ing rectangular in plan andhavingfan open upper end, `together dWitlii a :number -oi bottlevv :carriers .each having several compartments with open upper ends and fnreierably rectangular plan, said compartments having their 'adjacent sides common or in yclose proximity, a handle secured Ato each of said carriers and opstanding therelfrom, said handle terminating at for below -the top of said. casing, said :compartments bei-ntr so .arranged :in said carrier that they willA nest in and substantially :fit in said casing, :said/room- -partrnents `being iconstructed and armngod respeotively Ato receive milk bottles,

It is more specifically an objectof the inven tion .to provide a vmilk container comprising a 'box or casing of rectangular `form 'and open at its upper .en d, together with a .plurality of rbottle carriers each comprising .severed .conrmartments substantially .square lin plan and arranged Aside 'by .side :in I -zshap the trnsvleme dimen- `sion ofsaid kcompai'.tm errts beine Substantially divisible in the `length vand width of .salidlioasing whereby said `carriers will nest in and substantial ly :lit in said casing.

It -i-s still another object of the inv..ontzien to provideV Va bottle carrier fpreierably of Openwork 4formation and comprising :a .plurality .of conipartments having sides and bottoms and open upper ends., said .compartmentsi'being rectangular in plan and arranged side 'by side, and Va. 4`handle secured to and upstanding fromsaid carrier substantially at the center thereof.

Itis still further an .ob-lect of this invention .to provide a bottle carrier preferably of open-- work structure comprising three compartments .having bottoms .and `sides and being open at their upperl ends, said compartments being substantial.F ly square in plan and arranged side by side in -L-shaped form, anda handle securedY to and up,- -standing from said carrier substantially at the fang-le formed fby the outer compartments.

'Ihese and `other objects and advantages of the invention will be fullt7 .set forth in the follow- :ing description 'made inv connection with the acf- .companying drawings in which like reference characters refer tosimilar Vparts throughout the several views and in which;

Fig. l isa plan View o-f a box or casing eontainfing va plurality of milk bottlev carriers;

Fig. ;2 is a partial View in side elevation of said 'casing .showing the bottle carriers and bottles therein in dotted lines;

Fig, 3 is a plan view of a bottle carrier used;

Fig. A4 is a vertical section taken on line 4W! :of Fig. 3, vas indicated by the arrows;

Fig. v5 is :a View in front elevation of the .bottle .carrier shown in Fig'. 3;, and

F-igg. '6 -isr a horizontal section taken on line ies-6 of Fig. 5, as indicated by the arrows.

.Referring vto the drawings, a box or casing +B is shownadapted to receive milk bottles. Casing l0 as shown is rectangular in planas Well as in longitudinal and ltransverse cross section and is open at :it/supper end. It comprises ysides I Da and Eend portions lili) which will be made of. suitable boa-rds or plate material.

A bottle carrier I2 is provided, such as shown in'ligs. 3 to 5, which carrier is of openwork con- -struction and comprises.three compartments vIf2uL, 12b Vand ;|2c. Said compartments |1217 are provided with sides and bottoms and are substantially Arectangular in plan, and in Athe embodiment .of r'the invention illustrated they are show-n as substantially square 4in plan. While carrier ft2 couldbe variously made, lin the embodiment .of the invention illustrated itis shown .as made' from. strips of Vnarrow and comparatively thin metal. one strip ,12d at the tcp extends .around three sides of compartment I.2.c, `around Athree :sides -of .compartment 12a and around two sides .et compartment IZ'b, said strip having its ends overlapping and connected in antr suitable manner, as by Athe rivets 1.3. A similar strip 12e is disposed some distance below strip I 2d and adia- =cent the bottom of the carrier. Strip l2e liker Iwise hasv its ends Voverlal'iping vand securedv t0- :gether inlany suitable manner, as :by the rivets said casing and will not be interfered with by said bottles or handles.

4. A milk bottle carrier of open Work construction and comprising walls forming a plurality of compartments substantially square in plan having their bottoms substantially in one plane and the center compartment having a common wall with each of the end compartments respectively, said compartments being open at their upper ends, said carrier thus being of L-shape in plan, one compartment being at the corner ci said L and the other two compartments being at adjacent sides of said L, there being no spaces between the adjacent sides of said compartments and a handle extending vertically from the common corner of said compartments and being of less height than a standard milk bottle disposed in one of said compartments.

EGNER. L. BLOOMQU'IST.

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